Wednesday 8 October 2014

Flood Ravages Katsina, Displaces Scores

Hassan Rawayau, the Executive Secretary of Katsina State Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday revealed the havoc caused by flooding in the state. 

Speaking to NAN in Katsina, at the opening of a 3-day workshop tagged: `Strengthening Sub-National Humanitarian Co-ordination’, the executive secretary revealed that over 200 people had been affected by flood in the state this year.

It was reported that the workshop was organised by the Agency in collaboration with Coalition of Civil Society for Poverty Eradication (CCSPE), an NGO.  He said the affected people were from Bakori and Musawa local government areas of the state.

Rawayau, who further revealed that there was no loss of lives or any injury recorded during the misfortune said the state government had distributed relief materials worth N5 million to the victims as part of efforts to alleviate their plight.

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